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We are delighted to welcome the Great Tapestry of Scotland to Stirling Castle as part of its national tour. It is officially the largest embroidered tapestry in the world and tells the story of Scotland’s history.

Hire a Venue - Film locations

With a wide portfolio of evocative ancient monuments and historic buildings in our care, Historic Scotland provides ideal locations for movie makers, TV programmes and for corporate and educational productions.

Our permission is needed to film, photograph and broadcast at these locations.

Examples of productions that have featured our sites

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Production

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Blackness Castle

Doomsday

Futuristic thriller with Bob Hoskins

Edinburgh Castle

Rebus

ITV Drama

Inchmahome Priory

The Flying Scotsman

With Jonny Lee Miller

Edinburgh Castle

NEXTmas commercial

Christmas commercial by Next Retailers

Holyrood Park

Greyfriars Bobby

With Christopher Lee, Gina McKee, Greg Wise

Edinburgh Castle

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

J K Rowling book launch and international media event

Edinburgh and Stirling castles

Restoration 2

BBC History programme

Doune, Blackness and Craigmillar Castles

Ivanhoe

With Christopher Lee

Crichton Castle

Rob Roy

With Liam Neeson and Jessica Lange

Blackness Castle

Hamlet

With Mel Gibson

Doune Castle

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

With the Python team

Glasgow Cathedral

Taggart

SMG crime drama

Promoting Scotland's rich heritage

Historic Scotland is committed to working with production partners to ensure that Scotland is perceived as a desirable destination for locations and film production.

The agency has developed close working relationships with Scottish Screen and the network of organisations involved in promoting Scotland as a filming destination.

It also has an excellent track record in working with film-makers to accommodate their requests, whilst ensuring that visitors to its properties and sites are not inconvenienced, and their expectations of visits to these wonderful historic attractions are not comprised by ongoing filming.

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Find a location

Historic Scotland cares for over 300 sites that offer ideal locations for filming, photographing and broadcasting.